Improvement in toy money-boxes



' w. CHRYSLER.

TOY MONEY BOX.

N0.180,00Z. PatentedJuly 18,-1876.

NITED STATES PATENT O FICE;

\WARBEN CHRYSLER, or LOOKPORT, NEW-YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN TOY MONEY-BQXES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 180,002, dated July 181876; application filed January "82,1876.

To allwhom it may concern Be it known that I, WARREN UHRYsLER, of

Lockport, in the county of Niagara and State constructed of a singlepiece, and having a delivery-opening in the bottom, with a coverfastened in a peculiar manner, as hereinafter described.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective; Fig. 2, a detail of thebottom opening and cover, in cross-section; and Fig. 3, a perspective ofthe cover.

A A represent the four sides of a toy safe, and a a the feet, all madeor cut from a single piece of sheet metal, preferably of tin, andpressed or otherwise formed into the shape shown in Fig. 1, and having atop piece, B, with a money-slit, and an opening, b, in the bottom B ofthe safe, with a cover, 0, which is removable when it is desired to takeout the money deposited in the safe or bank. The construction of thecover 0, and the manner of fastening it to the bottom B, is one of thefeatures of novelty in this device.

The opening b in the bottom piece may be square, oblong, or round,having a rim or projecting flange, 0, over which the cover 0, whichconforms in shape, will set.

Attached to each end of the cover, or forming part thereof, is a lug orstrip. At one end, 61, it forms a sort of binge, by being inserted intoa slit, e, in the bottom of the safe. At the other end the lug d restson the bottom of the bank, as shown in Fig. 2, and is fastened theretoby a drop of soft solder, thus forming afastening that cannot be openedby a child, but can be easily opened and closed, when necessary, by anadult. v

When authorized persons desire to get at the contents, a hot iron isapplied to the sol 'der which fastens the lug at one end of the cover,when the cover can be instantly removed without injury or marring thesafe. The cover may then be replaced, and, with a hot iron (or poker)and drop of solder, easily fastened, as before, for future use.

The opening and cover may be placed in the side, if desired but I preferthe position in the bottom, as shown.

The superiority of this over other kinds of cheap or moderate-priced tinsa ings-banks is The corners of the safe are made round,

which adds to its strength and'looks. It is small in size, and will beappropriately ornamented, like large business-sates.

' I claim-- 1. A toy safe or savings-bank, having the four sides A A andfeet a a cut or constructed of a single or continuous piece of sheetmetal, and having the opening I) in the bottom with the cover 0, as andfor the purpose specified. 2. The flanged opening b c in the bottom ofthe safe, having the cover 0 setting over it, with the lug or hinge d atone end, and the other end or lug, 01, arranged to be fastened to thebottom B, as and for the purpose specitied.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed 7 my name in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

I WARREN CHRYSLER. Witnesses:

J .R. DRAKE,

T. H. PA soNs.

